Methamphetamine cook lands two Alliance residents in prison

It appears that two of the three individuals charged in regard to an Alliance methamphetamine operation won't be cooking anytime soon.

Last week, Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Curt Werren sentenced both Bradley John-Paul DeWitt, 24, of Atwater, and Sara T. Peck (aka Wagner), 36, of 177 Williams Place, to three years in prison.

A pretrial in conjunction with the case will be held later this week for co-defendant Ashley Yarian, Peck's daughter, who resided in the Williams Place residence.

Werren also fined both defendants $7,500 and suspended their licenses for three years. A no-contact order was ordered between DeWitt and his co-defendants.

Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Williams Place shortly before 8 p.m. May 17 after area residents reported a suspicious odor that turned out to be an active meth cook.

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All three have remained in Stark County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash or surety bond since the incident.

Peck and Yarian were scheduled to be forcibly evicted from the residence several days later, but their arrests resolved the issue.

Peck's arrest in regard to the meth lab comes more than one year after she escaped a fatal fire at the home of Willie Hicks. Though the fire has been ruled an aggravated arson, it remains unsolved.

DeWitt, Peck and Yarian faced maximum sentences of 18 years in prison and $35,000 in fines.

Susan M. DeYarmon, 43, whose address wasn't provided, will spend three years in prison after Judge John G. Haas revoked her community sanctions on an illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacturing of drugs in an unrelated case.

Haas also sentenced Michael Christopher Frame, 28, of Louisville, to one year in prison for failure to comply, while Judge Frank G. Forchione sentenced Joseph A. Marconi, 22, whose last known address was 1437 Noble St., to 12 months in prison for unlawful sexual conduct.